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On This Day in Sport (10 September 2009): 1936: Australia's Lionel van Praag won the first World Speedway Championship, which was held at Wembley. 1962: Rod Laver beat fellow Australian Roy Emerson in four sets to win the US Open and complete tennis' Grand Slam. He repeated the feat seven years later. 1972: Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in a Lotus to clinch the world drivers' title. At 25 years and 273 days, he was the youngest-ever world motor racing champion. 2000: Michael Schumacher of Ferrari won the Italian Grand Prix to record the 41st win of his career - equalling that of the late Ayrton Senna. However, the race was overshadowed by the death of a fire marshal who was hit by a wheel following a crash at the Monza track. 2006: Maria Sharapova won the US Open with 6-4 6-4 win over Justine Henin at Flushing Meadows. Headlines (10 September) : England can be World Cup winners - Bilic Croatia coach Slaven Bilic believes England can win the World Cup after seeing his side humiliated 5-1 at Wembley. Capello hails England success Fabio Capello insisted England could rule the world after they booked their ticket to the World Cup in South Africa next summer with a dominant 5-1 victory against Croatia at Wembley. Terry keen to forget Klasnic spat England captain John Terry insists a spitting incident involving Croatia striker Ivan Klasnic should not detract from the joy of Fabio Capello's side reaching the 2010 World Cup finals. Federer 'relieved' after grinding it out Roger Federer celebrated reaching a 22nd consecutive grand slam semi-final but only after being made to work for his US Open victory by 12th seed Robin Soderling. Finnigan blow for Giants Second-rower Simon Finnigan has become the third Huddersfield player to be ruled out of the engage Super League play-offs. Toshack praises Wales effort Wales boss John Toshack claimed Russia were "flattered" by their 3-1 World Cup win in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Wozniacki ends Oudin hopes Caroline Wozniacki brought fellow teenager Melanie Oudin's giant-killing run at the US Open to an end under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Strauss: We lack confidence England captain Andrew Strauss admitted it felt like Groundhog Day as Australia took a 3-0 NatWest Series lead at the Rose Bowl. Worthington blasts players Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington accused his side of believing their own publicity after Slovakia took the honours with a 2-0 win at Windsor Park. Peat to meet Burley next week Scottish Football Association president George Peat will hold talks with George Burley next week to discuss his future as Scotland manager. International Results Roundup Dateline 09 September 2009 FOOTBALL FIFA World Cup European Qualifying Group One Albania 1 Denmark 1 Hungary 0 Portugal 1 Malta 0 Sweden 1 Group Two Israel 7 Luxembourg 0 Latvia 2 Switzerland 2 Moldova 1 Greece 1 Group Three Czech Republic 7 San Marino 0 Northern Ireland 0 Slovakia 2 Slovenia 3 Poland 0 Group Four Germany 4 Azerbaijan 0 Liechtenstein 1 Finland 1 Wales 1 Russia 3 Group Five Armenia 2 Belgium 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 Turkey 1 Spain 3 Estonia 0 Group Six Andorra 1 Kazakhstan 3 Belarus 0 Ukraine 0 England 5 Croatia 1 Group Seven Faroe Islands 2 Lithuania 1 Romania 1 Austria 1 Serbia 1 France 1 Group Eight Italy 2 Bulgaria 0 Montenegro 1 Cyprus 1 Group Nine Norway 2 FYR Macedonia 1 Scotland 0 Holland 1 International Japan 4 Ghana 3 European Under-21 Championship Qualifying Group One Faroe Islands U21 1 Latvia U21 3 Group Two Estonia U21 1 Rep of Ireland U21 1 Georgia U21 4 Turkey U21 0 Group Six Kazakhstan U21 1 Israel U21 2 Sweden U21 2 Bulgaria U21 1 Group Seven Norway U21 0 Serbia U21 1 Slovakia U21 1 Cyprus U21 0 Group Nine FYR Macedonia U21 1 Lithuania U21 1 Group Ten Austria U21 3 Albania U21 1 Azerbaijan U21 2 Belarus U21 3 CRICKET LV County Championship - Division One at Riverside Durham 394 - 3 102 ovs Nottinghamshire LV County Championship - Division One at Taunton Somerset Lancashire 313 - 7 91.5 ovs LV County Championship - Division One at Hove Sussex 254 all out 89.2 ovs Warwickshire 37 - 2 15.2 ovs LV County Championship - Division One at New Road Worcestershire Hampshire 373 - 8 102.4 ovs LV County Championship - Division Two at The SWALEC Stadium Glamorgan 27 - 0 5.5 ovs Essex LV County Championship - Division Two at Uxbridge Middlesex Kent 426 - 4 102.3 ovs LV County Championship - Division Two at The Brit Oval Surrey 342 - 6 104.5 ovs Northamptonshire 3rd ODI England v Australia The Rose Bowl The NatWest Series Australia beat England by 6 wkts. TENNIS US OPEN Men's Singles - Quarter Finals Roger Federer (1) 6 6 6 (6) 7 (8) - Robin Soderling (12) 0 3 7 (8) 6 (6) - Novak Djokovic (4) 7 (7) 1 7 6 - Fernando Verdasco (10) 6 (2) 6 5 2 - Women's Singles - Quarter Finals Yanina Wickmayer 7 6 - - - Kateryna Bondarenko 5 4 - - - Melanie Oudin 2 2 - - - Caroline Wozniacki (9) 6 6 - - - Men's Doubles - Semi Finals Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (1) 4 6 6 (6) - - Lukas Dlouhy / Leander Paes (4) 6 3 7 (8) - - Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles (3) 6 6 - - - Max Mirnyi / Andy Ram (5) 4 2 - - - Women's Doubles - Quarter Finals Cara Black / Liezel Huber (1) 6 2 7 - - Nuria Llagostera Vives / Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (6) 3 6 5 - - Zi Yan / Jie Zheng (11) 5 4 - - - Venus Williams / Serena Williams (4) 7 6 - BASKETBALL Great Britain's debut European Championship campaign ended at the first hurdle on Wednesday night as they lost to Serbia in their final group game in Warsaw. But while they head home after three defeats in as many days, their battling performances - not least in the 84-76 loss to world champions Spain last night - have gone a long way in helping their bid to play at the 2012 London Olympics.